The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-04
committee will be appointed to-day.
Indignation of the knights.


There was no end to the indignation ex-
pressed by the Knights of Labor yesterday
over the treachery of Representative Robinson.
and their anathemas were loud, long and We
hement. A Journal reporter CHANGED to drop
into the Office Of the Labor Signal, the organ of
the Knights. about o'clock yesterday after
noon. and found Representative Robinson
there surrounded by number Of Knights, TO
whom he was endeavoring to explain his course.
AS the reporter entered the voices took lower
key, though Mr. Robinsons face betrayed the
fact that some very hard things had been flung
directly at that by no means prepossessing
countenance AS he rose to leave he looked
round to discover some way in which to make
his exit easy, and perhaps not without
some miseivings concerning additional i'm
petus being accorded to him from the
rear. He found one of the men
present willing to shake hands with
him, and taking advantage of the amazing as
onishr,ent this performance occasioned the
others, who were present he escaped After his
departure the alleged treachery of Robinson
was discussed in its various phases, and some of
the Knights even went 80 far as to wonder how
much had been Melted in cold cash. His rela-
tons with Sam Williams were incidentally re-
ferred to, and the assembly. by rising vote,
pronounced its lack of confidence in that political
broker. One of the Knights suggested that
hanging would be about the proper thing for Mr..
Robinson, but this considered an extreme
measure and failed to meet with any encourage
ment. All present were in hopes that the House
of Representatives would thoroughly investigate
Mr.. Robinson, and two three promised that
the matter would receive official notice in the
order.
In the evening Journal reporter ran in upon
another meeting, this one made up of Green
hackers and Knights of Labor. Robinson was
the topic of conversation Some gentlemen
from out of the city were present among them
DR.. d. G. Tlney, of Charlottesville. II in
tended said the Doctor to the reporter, 'to
tell you all knew of Robinson, but have con-
suited with some of my brother knights, and
have been advised not to say all intended to
say, or to communicate all the facts have in
my possession. I can bring such charges as
will soon remove him from the Knights Of La
Dor. Without the vote of the Knights and the
enbackers he could not have been elected
He got the nomination by lie. Before his
nomination he was asked the question whether
he had not voted for the gerrymander He
| said he did not He was nominated
upon this Afterward we found
out that he had voted for both
Mr.. Hutchins, who already had the nomination
of the Prohibitionists. and had the endorsement
of the county Greenbackers, would have had the
! Endorsement of the Republicans also, and beer
elected by large majority, if it had not beer
for Robinsons securing the nomination from u.
| by falsebood."
Robipson's course appears to have been one o
deception from the moment he started out TO ge
| the nomination. In some way he had lost posi-
ton in the Knights, and was not in the mem
| bership, but he continued to lay stress upon hi
| Knighthood, making his canvass upon that unit
! September, when he crawled back into the or
| der. 1t was circumstances connected with th
| that DR.. Tilney refused to talk about bnt the
matter is being now discussed by knights, and
| serves to add heat to their indignation.
1t is said that Robinson SO far forgot himse1
yesterday in one of his encounters with Knight
Of Labor as to say that, if the Republicans ha,
come to Capt. Allen and accepted him as thei
candidate, that he, Allen, could not have bee,
elected anyhow. intimating that in such a cas-
he, Robinson, would have bolted. Mr.. Mackey
it is said, is now extremely anxious that the San
Williams episode at Robinson's room, in tn
Bates House, may be investigated. so that b.
may thoroughly vindicate himself Besides this
he has little doubt that other important dis
| closures will be made